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(No Model.)

vR. FUCHS.

WATCH HOLDER. No. 494,273. Patented Mar. 28, 1893.

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mnm= I i .UNETE STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH FUCHS, OF NEW/V YORK, N. Y.

WATCH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,273, dated March 28, 1893.

Application filed December 6, 1892. Serial No. 454,243. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH FUCHS, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Watch-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improvement in watch holders, one object being to provide a device which will securely hold a watch in the pocket thereby preventing it from being removed accidentally or by a pick pocket.

A further object is to provide such a'device which may be readily attached within the pocket and will withstand a very strong pull upon the watch.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a back view of the holder. Fig. 2 is a front view, showing the catch which is to be secured to the watch, as in its locked position. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the holder and catch. Fig. 4: is a top view of the same. Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal view. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the plate which forms the casin g. Fig. 7 is'a horizontal section therethrough. Fig. 8 is a side view of the catch, and Fig. 9 is a face view of the plate which is bent to form the spring retaining piece.

The casing or holder proper is designated byA and may be formed of any suitable material, that which I prefer being a thin plate of spring metal. The casing A is formed by bending the sides of the metal plate over toward each other from the body portion a thereof, the edges of the bent over portions approaching to within a short distance of each other, thereby forming an open slotfrom top to bottom of that side of the casing. The turned over portions or wings a, 01, preferably flare outwardly at their upper adjacent edges for the purpose of guiding the spring retaining piece of the catch into the casing. The body portion a is provided on its inner side or wall near its top with a nose or abutment 0. extending transversely across the body portion and serving to prevent the retaining piece of the catch to be secured to the watch from being removed upwardly out of the casing after it has once been forced past thenose passes over the head of the pin B and entering suitable slots 0, c, c in the casing securely The spring 0' holds the pin B securely in the recess a by passing over the head of the pin and entering slots 0 c 0 in' the casing. When the pins are folded the springs engage flattened portions upon the heads of the pins which tend to hold them folded unless positively unfolded. The pins are held from sliding laterally within the recesses a, a by means of abutments a or preferably formed by stampingltransveme recesses in the inner wall of the "body portion a. Lb -Of the body portion a is pressed forwardly so as to approach the wings a, a whereby the retaining piece of the catch is prevented from being unintentionally removed from within the casing through its bottom.

The catch is designated by D and consists of an eye piece d and a spring retaining piece attached to the end of the shank d of the eye piece. The shank d is suiiiciently small to allow it to pass along the open slot between the adjacent edges of the wings of the casing, when the retaining piece is inserted therein. In the present instance the retaining piece consists of a plate of spring metal bent to form two upwardly extending branches d d which gradually diverge toward their tops, the

branch d being adapted to engage'the nose or abutment on the inner wall of the body portion of the casing andthe branch d adapted to press against the wings of the casing, when the catch is inserted therein.

A suitable hook E is provided for securing the watch to the eye piece of the catch.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

Thelower part I .holds the pin in position within the recess a.

The casing is placed within the pocket in the desired position and the buckle pins B, B are inserted in the wall of the pocket and folded over so as to secure the casing firmly therein. The spring retaining piece of the catch secured to the watch is then inserted into the top of the casing, the shank d sliding along the open slot in the casing. The branches of the retaining piece are forced toward each other as it is pushed by the nose or abutment in the casing andthe-moment the retaining piece passes the nose the branches spring back to nearly or quite their normal position, thereby preventing the said retaining piece from being removed upwardly from the casing,ibecause of the engagement of the branch 01 with the face of the nose or abutment. The catch is prevented f rom-baing unintentionally withdrawn from the bott-omof the casing: by reasonof theireduoed space formed by theforwardly-pressed-part ofthe-body portion ofthe casing, When it a is desired to remove thewatchfronithepooket, thecatchsis-fcrced down andlout of theabota tomgofi the:casing;. the branches beingagain caused:-to approach: each other to allowthe retaining: pieceio. pass ,t'hroughth econ tiracted spaceat the bottom-either casing.

'lheholder: as: thus constructed may alsogbe; used" for-rsecuringrcther articles than watches withinst hepncketzif so desired. 7

It isunderstood that slight changes might beresorteditoin theconstruct-ion andarrangee ment of theseveral-v parts without departing from;the-spirit and scope ofi' nay/invention,

the constructionherein set-.fior-th,.ibut- What I claim, is v 1-. Acasinghaving anopen" slot extending f-rmn thetop to thebottomof one sidethereofi, I a noseor.abutmentformedupon the interior 1 wallof theside of the;cas-ing opposite thel'slot, J

meansfor securing'thecasing to its support,

and a catch havinga retaining piece thereon adapted to engage the said nose or abutment when the retaining piece is inserted within the casing, substantially as set forth.

2. A casing having an open slot extending from the top to the bottom of one side thereof,

'anose or-abut-ment upon the interior wall of the side opposite the slotand near its top, the

:said side opposite the slot having its bottom portion approaching the side having the slot so as to form a reduced space between the said sides, meansfor securing thecasing to its support, and a catch having a retaining piece thereonadapted' to enter the casing and engage the said nose or abutment to lock the catch from withdraw-aim one-v direction; the

3. A casing havingran open: slotzextending from top to bottomaofi'onesidetherenf and an interior nosejor abutjmentwinitzhelcasing means for: Securing the casingtio itssupport; and. a

catchconsisting ofian:eyepieee-having'a' shank adapted tot silidevaalong theaslot-iand; spring {retaining piecesecured', to; the shank and adapted to enter the casing, thesaid retaining, piece consisting of two" upwardly extending branches diverging fromeachsctiher and adapted to; springpastthe nose-0r" abutment lienceIido-notwish to-li'mit-myselffstrictlyto whenthe-v-re't-aining piece: is foreediint-o the casing and serving-to prevent thewithdrawal got the catelninone-'direction,substantially as setfortht RQDOLPH FUCHS. Witnessem: v

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